NPS Photo All Aboard!Are you interested in taking a part of the Steamtown experience home with you? Steamtown National Historic Site has a fun way that you can do just that. Trading cards are not just for your favorite sports hero but can now be for your favorite locomotive or rail car. You can begin to fuel your love of railroading by collecting Steamtown Trading Cards. Each year new collectable trading cards are produced featuring Steamtown’s historic locomotives and/or rail cars. These highly sought-after trading cards are only available at Steamtown National Historic Site so come visit us soon and start your collection. 
NPS Photo Built: Baldwin Locomotive Works, Eddystone, Pennsylvania, March 1929 Builder's Number: 60733 Owners: Baldwin Locomotive Works, Eddystone, Pennsylvania Jackson Iron and Steel, Jackson, Ohio Mad River and Nickel Plate Railroad Museum, Bellevue, Ohio Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania Type: 0-6-0 Switcher with Slope-Backed Tender Cylinders: 20 by 24 inches Boiler Pressure: 180 psi Tender Capacity: Coal: 7 tons Weight on Drivers: 124,000 pounds Drive Wheels: 50 inches Tractive Effort: 29,375 pounds Water: 1,750 gallons Total Weight: 124,000 pounds 
NPS Photo Built: American Locomotive Company (ALCO), Schenectady, New York, November 1941, Builder's Number: 69583 Owners: Union Pacific Railroad, Cheyenne, Wyoming Steamtown USA, Bellows Falls, Vermont; Scranton, Pennsylvania Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania Type: 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" simple articulated heavy freight locomotive Cylinders: 23 3/4 by 32 inches x4 Boiler Pressure: 300 psi Tender Capacity: Coal: 28 tons Weight on Drivers: 540,000 pounds Drive Wheels: 68 inches Tractive Effort: 135,375 pounds Water: 24,000 gallons Total Weight: ~1,200,000 pounds 
NPS Photo Built: Vulcan Iron Works, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, January 1911 Builder's Number: 1679 Owners: Berlin Mills Railway, Berlin, New Hampshire Groveton Paper Company, Groveton, New Hampshire Woodsville, Blackmount & Haverhill Steam Railroad Co. Inc., Haverhill, New Hampshire Steamtown USA, Bellows Falls, Vermont Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania Type: 2-4-2T Saddle Tank Switching Locomotive Cylinders: 17 by 24 inches Boiler Pressure: 140 psi Tender Capacity: Coal: 2 tons Weight on Drivers: 85,000 pounds Drive Wheels: 44 inches Tractive Effort: 21,720 pounds Water: 1,500 gallons Total Weight: 113,000 pounds 
NPS Photo Built: Canadian Locomotive Company, Kingston Works, Kingston, Ontario 1917 Builder’s Number: 1497 Owners: Canadian Government Railways Canadian National Railways, Montreal, Quebec Willis F. Barron, Ashland, Pennsylvania Gettysburg and Northern Railroad, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Steamtown USA, Scranton, Pennsylvania Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania Type: 2-8-2 Mikado Medium Freight Locomotive Cylinders: 27 by 30 inches Boiler Pressure: 180 psi Fuel Capacity: Coal: 17 tons Weight on Drivers: 209,970 pounds Drive Wheels: 63 inches Tractive Effort: 53,115 pounds Water: 7,200 gallons 
NPS Photo Built: Baldwin Locomotive Works, Eddystone, Pennsylvania, 1925 Builder’s Number: 58463 Owners: Grand Trunk Western Railway, Canadian National Railway, Montreal, Quebec Grand Trunk Western Railroad, Canadian National Railway, Montreal, Quebec Steamtown USA, Scranton, Pennsylvania Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania Type: 4-8-2 Mountain Medium Dual Purpose Locomotive, Class U-1-c Cylinders: 26 by 30 inches Boiler Pressure: 210 psi Fuel Capacity: Coal: 18 tons Weight on Drivers: 231,370 pounds Drive Wheels: 73 inches Tractive Effort: 49,590 pounds Water: 13,575 gallons Total Weight: 604,110 pounds 
NPS Photo Built: The Pullman Company, Pullman, Illinois, 1916 Owners: Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, New York, New York Dick Horstmann, Syracuse, New York SPO Partners & Co., Mill Valley, California Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania Type: Heavyweight 6-axle Pullman Business Car Cost: $36,592.55 Weight: 172,100 lbs Length: 82’53/8” Height: 14’11” Width: 11’2” Staff: 2 
NPS Photo Built: Electro-Motive Division, General Motors Corporation, La Grange, Illinois, 1958 Builder’s Number: 24505 Owners: New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, Cleveland, Ohio Norfolk & Western Railroad, Roanoke, Virginia Steamtown USA, Scranton, Pennsylvania Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania Type: ERS-17E Model GP9 Engine: EMD 567C V16 two stroke diesel Cylinders: 8 1/2 x 10 inches Horsepower: 1.750 Traction Motors: 4 x EMD 567D D-37-B Drive Wheels: 40 inches Length: 56 ft 2 inches Fuel: 1,800 gallons Total Weight: 259,500 pounds 
Built: Lima Locomotive Works, Lima, OH, August 1944 Builder’s Number: 8667 Owners: New York, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad, Cleveland, Ohio Steamtown USA, Scranton, Pennsylvania Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania Type: 2-8-4 Berkshire, Class S-2 Cylinders: 25 by 34 inches Boiler Pressure: 245 psi Fuel Capacity: Coal: 22 tons Weight on Drivers: 264,300 pounds Drive Wheels: 69 inches Tractive Effort: 64,100 pounds Water: 22,000 gallons Total Weight: 440,800 pounds 
NPS Photo Built: Baldwin Locomotive Works; Reading Company Shops, Reading, Pennsylvania, January 1947, Builder's Number: (old) 2044 Owners: Reading Company, Reading, Pennsylvania Steamtown USA, Bellows Falls, Vermont Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania Type: 4-8-4 Northern, Class T-1 Cylinders: 27 by 32 inches Boiler Pressure: 240 psi Tender Capacity: Coal: 26 tons Weight on Drivers: 278,200 pounds Drive Wheels: 70 inches Tractive Effort: 68,000 pounds Water: 19,000 gallons Total Weight: 441,300 pounds 
NPS Photo Built: Montreal Locomotive Works, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 1923, Builder's Number: 64541 Owners: Canadian Pacific Railway, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Steamtown USA, Bellows Falls, Vermont Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania Type: 4-6-2 Pacific, Class G-3-c Cylinders: 25 by 30 inches Boiler Pressure: 200 psi Tender Capacity: Coal: 17 tons Weight on Drivers: 181,500 pounds Drive Wheels: 75 inches Tractive Effort: 42,600 pounds Water: 12,000 gallons Total Weight: 489,000 pounds 
NPS Photo Built: American Locomotive Company, Cooke Works, Patterson, New Jersey, November 1903, Rebuilt 1918, Builder's Number: 28686 Owners: Chicago Union Transfer Company, Chicago, Illinois Illinois Central Railroad, Chicago, Illinois Steamtown USA, Bellows Falls, Vermont Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania Type: 2-8-0 Consolidation Cylinders: 22 by 26 inches Boiler Pressure: 190 psi Tender Capacity: Coal: 8 tons Weight on Drivers: 161,000 pounds Drive Wheels: 44 inches Tractive Effort: 42,000 pounds Water: 6,500 gallons Total Weight: 183,000 pounds |
Last updated: December 6, 2023